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In this comprehensive commentary on Deuteronomy, Tigay handles the often complex text with the skill of a master scholar. Within the line-by-line commentary are elaborations on specific textual, historical and social issues that oftentimes continue through many pages. This is above and beyond the 33 excursuses to the commentary, the extensive footnotes and the helpful charts and maps. Jeffrey H....

sweep out evil See Comment to 13:6. 13. See Comment to 13:12. The law about the king continues Deuteronomy’s policy of limiting the power and prestige of human authorities. The role of the king—the official likely to become the most powerful and prestigious—is deemphasized more than that of any other official. Whereas the laws about judges, priests, and prophets allude to their rights and authority as well as their duties, and require obedience to the high court and the prophets,
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